A recent Rasmussen poll revealed Americans' growing skepticism of journalists, with many believing that reporters are more liberal than they, the reader, are. Once lost, can public ... Keep Reading
Issues
Education Budget Part II: things we should remember
Even without a budget, public schools across North Carolina will welcome students to a new year. In his veto statement Gov. Cooper calls on Republicans to spend more for public ... Keep Reading
Education budget, Part I: Schools open soon — even without a state budget
Nearly two months have passed since Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed the state budget approved by the North Carolina House and Senate. A 2016 budget provision will fund schools at current ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 2
Evidence shows that the Bladen County Improvement Association paid people who engaged in ballot harvesting A pattern of mass absentee ballot requests and mass absentee ... Keep Reading
More to absentee ballot fraud in Bladen County? Part 1
Who is Lola Wooten and why was Dan McCready’s lawyer trying to obscure her? An attorney for Dan McCready, Marc Elias, attempted to raise doubts about there being any ... Keep Reading
Medicaid Expansion Resource Page
The driving policy issue for the 2019 legislative session has been whether or not the state government should expand the Medicaid program as provided for under the Affordable Care ... Keep Reading
A joke about the sex lives of cows gives NC a final chance to mandate hand-marked paper ballots
Electronic touchscreen voting systems are vulnerable to malfunction and hacking North Carolina has had its own problems with touchscreen voting systems, causing thousands of ... Keep Reading
Four reasons why I don’t want the government to forgive my student loans
By Reaghan Waites, Civitas Intern Long seen as America’s launching pad for success, high school students clamor at the doorstep of collegiate institutions hoping for a piece of ... Keep Reading
Democratic debates, homeschoolers, and the power of encouragement
Is there no private market that this season's Democratic candidates won't attempt to bring more fully under government control? If you watched the most recent Democratic debates, ... Keep Reading
Fraud in public education; progressive style
Gov. Roy Cooper’s war on school choice continues. The governor vetoed SB 392 on July 29. Among other things, the bill would have allowed virtual charter schools to grow ... Keep Reading